NGC 474
NGC 474
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
113 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 113 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 474 as it looked roughly 113 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 493Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 520 NED02Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 488Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 470Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 490Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 485Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 520 NED02Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 488Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 470Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 490Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 485Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).